Man, woman shot in West Perrine

Detectives investigate shooting in residential area

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A shooting left two people wounded Thursday night in Miami-Dade County's West Perrine neighborhood, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. 

The shooting was reported at a home near the intersection of Southwest 102nd Avenue and Southwest 177th Street.

This image from Google maps shows the West Perrine area where Miami-Dade Police Department officers reported two men were shot Thursday night.

Police said a man and a woman in their 20s were shot and taken to Jackson South Medical Center. Their conditions were not immediately known.

Witnesses told police officers the shooters were two males who fled in a black vehicle. Officers used crime scene tape to block the street as they continued their investigation Friday morning. 

Authorities believe the motive might have been robbery. 

Detectives were asking anyone with information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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